He feels the public must be given fair opportunity to review and comment on the document, as it is expected to be quite lengthy.

The proposed Ajax Mine is currently in the pre-application process and KGHM is expected to submit it's application within the next couple of months. If the documentation is accepted, the project will enter into the 180-day application review stage. Cavers objects to the first 70 of these days also being allotted for public comment and would rather see the comment period come later in the review.

In the second part of the motion, Cavers will also ask the city be notified immediately when Ajax's formal application is received by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office.

His motion will go before council at the next regular council meeting later this month.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Dana Reynolds at dreynolds@infonews.ca or call 250-819-6089. To contact an editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

— This story was updated at 5:14 p.m., April 15, to correct the requested timelines.

OPINION In my report last week, I wrote about the trade war between BC and Alberta. This spat has resulted in many British Columbia wineries ending up as political pawns, currently shut out of the Alberta marketplace.